Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

Narratives about disability are steadily pivoting towards the social model – one that focuses on removing barriers rather ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. The field of disability services and advocacy is changing.

Oft quoted statistics are that 20% of the world’s population are disabled and that 15-20% of the world’s population are neurodivergent. These numbers don’t stack up. There is of course, overlap. The ...

An estimated 15% of the world’s population experience some form of disability. Across Europe and Central Asia, persons with disabilities represent one of the largest segments of the population that ...

Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...